Artist statement
Through the use of familiar objects including a bag, a food tin, baby clothes and a house my work explores known conventions in storytelling, literature and photography, as well as more experimental, theatrical concepts of performance and installation. Through objects my aim is to draw a viewer in to a story in a similar way as theatre or film often use objects to involve the audience, to encapsulate a symbol or an emotion.
I aim to provoke a dialogue, a narrative within which the viewer can engage.
Qualifications and training
- 2002 MA Ceramics, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), Cardiff
- 1996 Exhibition Course, Kensington and Chelsea College, London
- 1994 BA (Hons) Ceramics, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
Solo exhibitions
- 2006 Every Time I See The Sea... Christian Aid, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester
- 2006 Anatomy of Exiles, Worcester Cathedral, Worcester
- 2006 Anatomy of Exiles, Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale
- 2004 Anatomy of Exiles, mac (Midlands Art Centre), Birmingham
- 2004 Anatomy of Exiles, The Courtyard, Hereford
Group exhibitions
- 2008 Children in Conflict, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
- 2008 Children in Conflict, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- 2008 Visual, Baskerville House, Birmingham
- 2007 New Art Birmingham, Curzon Street Station, Birmingham
- 2006 every time i see the sea, Triskel Art Centre, Cork
- 2005 Every Time I See The Sea... Christian Aid, Dray Walk Gallery, Truman Brewery, London
- 2002 MA Ceramics Degree Show, Hayward Gallery, Cardiff
- 1996 Supermodels, The Ice House, Holland Park, London
- 1996 Dressing St Pancras - COTAC International, St Pancras Station, London
- 1994 Fired Imaginations, Custard Factory, Birmingham
Residencies
- 2008 AA2A Scheme, Hereford Art College, Hereford
- 2007 Sanskriti Foundation Residency, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
- 2006 Artist-in-Residence, University of Worcester, Worcester
Public commissions
- 2006 What would you do if...it was your family?, Salford Art Gallery and Museum, Salford, Manchester
Projects
- 2007 Through our eyes - young people looking at humanity, The British Red Cross, Worcester
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2003 MA Ceramics - Tutorials, University Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), Cardiff
- 2003 Art as Medium module: BA Art and Aesthetics, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), Cardiff
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